Isaiah 7 · Verse 24

Isaiah 7:24

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah 7:24, King James Version

Isaiah 7:24 in other translations

BSBMen will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
WEBPeople will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
ASVWith arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
YLTWith arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn.
DARBYwith arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns.
BBEMen will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be full of blackberries and thorns.
WebsterWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

What does Isaiah 7:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. It shall become a vast hunting ground, abounding in wild beasts (compare Jr 49:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 7:17-25

Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he employs in any service for him, he will pay. All speaks a sad change of the face of that pleasant land. But what melancholy change is there, which sin will not make with a people? Agriculture would cease. Sorrows of every kind…

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Isaiah 7:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּחִצִּ֥יםba.chi.Tzimwith <the> arrowsH2671
וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁתu.va.Ke.shetand with <the> bowH7198
יָ֣בוֹאYa.Vo'anyone will goH935
שָׁ֑מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
שָׁמִ֥ירsha.Mirthorn[s]H8068
וָשַׁ֖יִתva.Sha.yitand bush[es]H7898
תִּֽהְיֶ֥הtih.Yehit will beH1961
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 7:24

  • Genesis 27:3

    Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

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Ge 27:3

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Context

  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

  • Isaiah 7:24

    With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

  • Isaiah 7:25

    And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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Isaiah 7:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con saetas y arco irán allá; porque toda la tierra será espinos y cardos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		on y viendra avec des flèches et avec l’arc, car tout le pays sera ronces et épines.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mit Pfeilen und mit Bogen wird man dorthin kommen; denn das ganze Land wird Dornen und Disteln sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum sagittis et arcu ingredientur illuc: vepres enim et spinæ erunt in universa terra.